WORDS OF WISDOM
Democratic living is not a station at which
people arrive; it is a method of traveling.
—Clyde Campbell
A short pencil is better than a long memory.
—K. V. P. Philosopher
VOLUME 51 NUMBER 12
MITCHELL
Durham Hosts 29th Annual
Conference Of
In view of the fact that
the NAACP was bom out of
the yearnings of black people
to be free, as heard in songs
tliat not only told the graphic
story of servitude without fair
recompense, but filled with
hope, the 29th annual session
of the N.C. State Conference
of Branches will open its first
night session, 7:00 p.m.,
Thursday with a one hour
songfest.
The session will end a day
of workshops and seminars,
conducted by ministers, from
throughout the state. Musical
groups from Ebenezer, More
head Avenue and Mt'. Gilead
Baptist Churches, St. Mark,
Mt. Olive, Kyles Temple, Hol
land Chapel and Corinth AME
Zion Churches, along with Mt.-
CaNary Christian Church, will
send forth thrilling sounds of
gospel songs. This session will
be presided over by Rev. J. A.
Brown, presiding eldw, Dur
ham District, AME Zion Chur
ch.
The welcome program will
follow when representatives of
local government, business,
education, religion and labor
will tell the delegates how
happy they are to have them
come back to Durham to con
tinue their quest for full free
dom. Mrs. Tommie Young
Nat'l Associatio
Assess Block Outlook
The Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History
will explore materials related
to Black History and the role
of black people in the Amer
ican democratic society in the
57th Annual Convention at the
Sheraton-Gibson Hotel, Cincin
nati, Ohio, October 19-22,1972.
More than 2,500 scholars,
teachers, writers and other per
sons interested in the black
experience are expected to at
tend. These individuals of the
public and private schools and
colleges of America and other
persons will represent all races,
ages and intellectual orientation.
The Association for the
Study of Negro Life and His
tory was founded by Carter G.
Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D. on
September 9, 1915 for the
purpose of calling to the at
tention of the United States
and the world the contributions
of black people. The Associa
tion, which has been in contin
uous existence since 1915, is
the official sponsor of Negro
History Week, the nationwide
amual celebration which comes
in February and is the pioneer
and the core organization which
has promoted the black move
ment in the United States.
The 1972 Cincinnati Con
vention will be geared to the
trends of the present and will
assess the outlook for blacks in
the future—as well as illumin
ating the past. The convention
will feature more than onehun
dred special sessiosn on topics
of current interest, including
Economics and the Black Ex
perience, Black Urban History,
Black Education at White Uni
versities, The Revolution in
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MRS. HURLEY
will preside and Kelly M. Ale
xander. president, will respond
to the greeting.
The final session will be
presided over by Alexander
Barnes, local president. The
address will be delivered by
Dr. W. C. Ardrey, president
of the Detroit, Mich. Branch
and pastor of Greater St. Paul
AME Zion Church, of the Mo
tor City. Others who will
take part in this service in
clude Rev. J. T. McMillan,
chairman, Church Work Com
mittee and Winston .Salem
pastor.
The Friday sessions will
feature workshops that will
be conducted by persons from
the national officers and ex
perts in the field of civil rights.
Attorneys C. 0. Pearson and
H. M. Michaux, Jr., who have
been in the forefront of local
civil rights moves, will be in
attendance. The Friday night
session, which tas been billed
as "Keynote Night" will be
addressed by Gloucester Cur
rent, national director of Bran
ches and field administration.
He is expected to deal with
the theme, "Facing the Chal
lenge of a new Political Era."
Workshops will continue
Saturday morning. There will
be an innovation at 1:00 p.m.,
Saturday, when a "Life Mem-
Black Dramatic Arts, the Paul
Robeson Revival, Black History
on Television, Reform in Black
Studies Programs, Music of
Black Americans, the Political
Role of Black Women in Amer
ican Society, the Arts in Black
Colleges, Blacks in Contem
porary American History, and
numerous other topics of cur
rent appeal to all Americans.
In addition to the special
sessions, the convention will
include a public meeting on
Thursday night, October 19,
which will be addressed by Dr.
Andrew Brimmer, Member,
Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System, Washington,
and Association President, on
the subject "The Road Ahead:
Prospects for Blacks in Bus
iness." Thomas A. Luken,
Mayor of the City of Cincin
nati, and Dr. Adelaide C. Hill
of the African Study Center,
Boston University, will speak
also at this session.
The annual banquet of the
convention which will be held
on Friday evening, October 20,
will honor Dr. Charles W. Wes
ley, Retired Executive Director
of the Association, noted hia
torian and former president of
Central State College, Wilber
force, Ohio.
The Association's founder,
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, will be
given attention at a special
memorial luncheon which will
be held on Saturday noon,
October 21. Drs. Ray ford W.
Logan, Professor Emeritus, Ho
ward University History De
partment, and John Hope
Franklin, Professor of the De
partment of History, University
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bership Luncheon" will be
held. All persons having life
memberships and those who
have subscribed for them will
FCD Staff Member
Returns From Seminar
Miss Joyce Grant of the
Foundation for Community
Development has just returned
from taking part in a unique
business training program at
the University of California at
Davis.
Miss Grant, Director of Prog
ram Development for FCD, was
one of 17 participants in an
eight-week business packaging
seminar sponsored by the Na
tional Council for Equal Bus
iness Opportunity. The parti
cipants were all staff members
of economic development or
ganizations throughout the na
Allard Allston, Executive
Director of FCD, states:
"The participation of Miss
Grant in this advanced program
is part of FCD's continuing
effort to strengthen our staff
capabilities and the effective
ness of the community bus
inesses we are assisting. At the
present, 14 of our staff persons
are involved in formal programs
and curriculum at schools and
universities in the Triangle Area.
In September of this year, we
had former staff members en
tering graduage degree programs
in a variety of disciplines. These
include the Ph.D. program in
Economics at Duke University;
the J. D. program at North
Carolina Central University's
Law School; the Ph.D. program
in Political Science at Atlanta
University; the Masters of Div
inity Program at Atlanta Uni-
Last Rites Held
Of Stabbing Tues. Oct.
Last rites were held Tues
day, October 10, at Mount
Calvary Holy Church for Miss
Gloria Jean Cissell who was
stabbed to death in her home
on Sherwood Drive here Fri
day morning.
Miss Cissell, the daughter
of the late James Cissell and
Mrs. Annie B. Cissell, was bom
in Durham, January 10, 1952.
She attended Durham City
Schools and was a member
of the Mount Calvary Holy
Church.
She is survived by one
daughter, Dawanda Cissell;
her mother, of the home;
two brothers, Leon Cissell of
Bridgeport, Connecticut and
Willie Lee Cissell of Baltimore,
Md., and one sister, Brenda
Cissell of Bridgeport.
Preliminary hearing for
John Edward Jackson, 26, of
Gurley Street, who reportedly
gave himself up to police offi
cers at the scene, was schedul
ed for this week in District
Court. He was taken into
custody on a charge of mur
der. According to reports,
DURHAM,, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1972
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be guests of the Conference.
Local persons and organiza
tions to be inducted into the
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versity's Interdenominational
Theological Center (ITC); the
Physician's Assistant program
at A & T State University; and
the M.A. program in Regional
and Urban Planning at the Uni
versity of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill.
"Obviously, the loss of com
mitted and skilled personnel
iftto advanced educational prog
rams creates short-term hard
ships for FCD as an organiza
tion. However, our major
goal is to develop people rather
than bricks and mortar, and
these young people will have
a substantial impact on our
communities in the years ahead
The seminar attended by
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Miss Grant was designed to
impart the theory and mech
anics of starting a business
venture, from the initial idea
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MISS GLORIA JEAN CISSELL
India Grants Full
Ties To E. Germany
NEW DELHI - India
granted full diplomatic recogni
tion Sunday to Germany,
and said the move would make
"a positive contribution to the
consolidation of international
peace and security," a govern
ment communique said.
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"Meet The Candidatetes " Schedeled
For Civic Center, lues., October 24
It'B almost that time again!
"Meet the Candidates" night
sponsored by the League of
Viamen Voters of Durham will
be held in the Civic Center at
8 p.m. on October 24 so that
residents of Durham County
and the Fourth Congressional
District of North Carolina will
have an opportunity to meet
and listen to the candidates
whose names will appear on
the general election ballot on
November 7.
Most of the organization
and planning for this free pub
lic meeting are being handled
by the League's Voter Service
Chairman, Brenda Harris. Work
ing with Mrs. Harris are Evelyn
Manning, Marsha Jones, Mary
Beth Dorsey, Penny Puckett,
Jean Zweerink, Patty Vincent.
Anne Clough, Margaret Pitt and
Sandra Atkins.
"We have invited 19 candi
dates," said Mrs. Harris, "for
four offices—Durham County
Board of Education, Durham
County Commissioners, Fourth
Congressional District of N.C.
Senate and the U.S. House of
Representatives. Because there
is no longer any competition
for the N.C. House of Repre
sentatives seats these candidates
will be invited to attend and
meet the voters but will not
participate in a formal question
and-answer session," she ex
plained.
The League is earnestly sol
iciting citizen input. Those
present at the Civic Center will
be encouraged to submit written
questions for the candidates
and will also have an oppor
tunity to use a microphone if
they wish to personally direct
a question. Prior to the actual
event, voters will be asked
through the local press to sub
mit questions for the; League's
use during the "Meet the Candi
dates" event.
Barbara Anderson, League
president, will serve as general
moderator for the meeting
which will be taped for later
broadcast on local radio.
All candidates seeking the
same office will appear at one
time and will be questioned by
a League member who is parti
cularly knowledgeable about
the background of the office
ill question. She will have
evaluatul the issues her panel
should be concerned with.
Some of the questions she will
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Others at head table included
ask will be her own, some will
have been received in the mail
and some will have been sub
mitted by the audience.
Rocky Mount Co
Gets Reynolds Scholarship
WINSTON-SALEM - Mary
R. Barr, a 1972 graduate of
Rocky Mount Senior High
School, Rocky Mount, N.C., is
one of five students chosen to
receive a four-year college
scholarship sponsored by R. J.
Reynolds Industries, Inc., for
journalism majors.
Miss Barr, who graduated in
the top 5 percent of her high
school class and worked as bus
iness manager and feature
writer for her school's paper; is
now attending classes as a
freshman in the School of
Journalism at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In
addition to being an honor
graduate, she was a member of
the National Honor Society,
the Student Drug Task Force,
the Mayor's Committee on
Drug Abuse, and served as
secretary of her junior and
senior classes at Rocky Mount
High School.
Miss Barr's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Barr, live at 618
Pennsylvania Ave., Rocky
Mount, N. C.
The scholarship that will
provide Miss Barr $2,400 in
financial aid during her four
year college career is part of a
$50,000 scholarship program
sponsored by Reynolds Indus
tries through the National
Newspaper Publishers Associa-
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lores Tucker, secretary of the
It will be her responsibility
to see that each candidate is
given an opportunity to be
heard and that each has time
tion (NNPA) Scholarship
Foundation. The total program
will provide scholarships to five
Black students each year for
the next three years, bringing
to 20 the total number of
scholarships granted by 1975.
In announcing the scholar
ship program earlier this year,
Marshall Bass, manager of per
St. Aug. Convocation
Notes 106 Years Growth
Although Saint Augustine's
College has a long history of
being the "Big Family School,"
the family has almost doubled
its size during the past seven
or eight years. President Prereil
Robinson stated, during the
106 th Formal Opening convo
cation, October 3. "Neverthe
less," he said, "We must some
how endeavor to maintain the
spirit of the "Family College."
"This year, for example, not
only do we have the largest
boarding enrollment of approx
imately 950 students, but we
have an overall record enroll
ment of 1,443. This is nearly
200 more students than we
had for the 1971-72 school
year. "1 think this is very
significant and says something
positive about this college. It
is no secret that across the
length and breadth of this
country, student enrollment in
private colleges is on the de
cline. This is generally true in
this state. Of the 29 senior
private colleges only five show
an increase in enrollment." Dr.
Robinson stated that Saint Aug
ustine's College is the largest
pri> ately church-related College
in North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Virginia. He attributed
the reasons for this growth as
follows: 1. Academic excel
lence stressed, excellent faculty
with about 44% holding doct
oral degrees. 2. Belief in the
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sonnel development for Rey
nolds Industries, told the NNPA
national convention in Miami,
Fla., "We hope the program
will make a significant contri
bution to the needs of Black
journalism and help strengthen
the already influential Black
media of this countrv."
worth of young people, with
respect for what they are and
not what he, as president, ex
pects them to be. 3. A high
degree of individual attention
to the needs of the students is
provided. 4. The college pro
vides experiences for the voung
people that will enable them to
increasingly become responsible
and mature voung people.
With the many opportunities
now open to Black people.
President Robinson challenged
the students to prepare them
selves so as to make this system
serve the blacks by being at the
places where the decisions are
made—on corporate boards,
county commissions, and mun
icipal boards at all levels.
Construction is underway on
the new library , which is to be
completed bv August 1, 1973.
Architects an- developing the
working drawings for over a
half million renovation of
Cheshire Building, which should
get moving shortly after the
dose of the 1972-73 school
year, President Robinson stated.
The speaker was introduced
by Clarence Lightner, mayor
pro-tem and a member of the
Saint Augustine's College Board
of Trustees.
Greetings were brought by
the Honorable Thomas W. Brad
shaw, mayor. City of Raleigh;
Peter Holden, president. Na
tional Alumni Association; and
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